Display-box.



R. F. THORNDIKE.

DISPLAY Box.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-14.1917.

Patented Apr. 23, 1918.

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ROTHCI-IILD F. THORNJDIKJE, F BOSTbN, MASSACHUSETTS.

DISPLAY-130K.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 14, 1917. Serial No. 201,975.

70 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROTHOI-IILD F. THORN- DIKE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Thisvinvention relates to paper boxes of a type which can be shipped inflat or blank form to users and set up to box form by the latter priorto being filled.

The chief object of the invention is to provide boxes of this type in aform possessing attractive display properties, suitable for arranging inor on a show case, or in a window, the box itself having portions whichsupport it with the contents inclined toward customers, forming what maybe termed an easel box.

Another object is to provide such boxes with extended areas suitable forornamentation oradvertising purposes.

The invention consists in the improved blank and box substantially ashereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of blank embodying m invention.

Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 an 6 are perspective views illustrating successivesteps of folding the blank.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the box when set up to the Fig. 6 form,said view being from the rear of the box.

Fig. 8 i a broken wa plan view of another form of blank hereinafterdescribed.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts in all of the views.

Referring first to Fig. 1 the blank of asuitable quality of paper orpasteboard is cut and creased or scored to form a bottom section 12, twoside wall sections 13, 14, end

wall sections 15, 16 and a cover section 17 extending from the sectionand having a tucking flap 18. The other end wall section 16 has anintegral flap 19 which is transversely creased at 20, 21.

Extending from one end of each of the side wall sections 13, 14, is atongue 22, and extending from the other end of each of sand side wallsections is a tongue 23 having a notch 24 and'slitted at 25.

Each of the side wall sections 13, 14, has a wing 26 the outer edge ofwhich is inclined as at 27, the narrow end of each wing 26 having atongue 28.

Extending from the wide ends of the wings 26 are flaps 29, 30, the flap29 having a slit 31 and the flap 30 having a tongue 32.

The bottom section 12, near the crease which forms the hinge for the endwall sections 16, has a curved slit to provide a tongue 33.

The blank may be hipped to the users in the flat form illustrated inFig. 1, said users folding the blanks to receptacle form in thefollowing manner:

First the side wall sections 13, 14, are turned to upright position asindicated in Fig. 2, and the two tongues 22 are turned inward and causedto overlap. Next, the end wall section 16, is folded up against theouter surfaces of the overlapped tongues 22, and

' the flap 19 is carried inside until the edge thereof snaps under thetongue 33 which thus locks the parts in the position shown in Fig. 3.The double creases 20, 21 of the flap 19 are to facilitate theengagement of the edge of the flap with said locking'tongue 33. In Fig.3 the cover section 17 is removed to illustrate how the tongues 23 arebrought together and overlapped and notches 24 and slits 25 interlocked.After the interlocking of the tongues 23, and while the cover section 17is open as in Fig. 4, the box is in receptacle form, ready to be filledas by a confectioner. After such filling the wings 26 are overlapped asindicated in Fig. 5, the tongues 28 having been first turned in so as topass down inside of the end wall 16.

This folding brings the parts 30, 29 and 17 into a superposedrelationship as shown in said Fig. 5, after which sald superposed partsare dapted to be folded down and the flap 18 tucked inside of the wall16. This puts the box with its contents in condition to be put on ashelf or to be shipped filled.

When it is desired to put the box on exhibition to cause a display ofthe goods in the receptacle portion, the portions shown in Fig. 5 assuperposed are opened and the wings 26 are turned out and down outsideof the side wall sections 13, 14. During this turning movement thetongues 28 are slipped in behind the section 16, between said sectionand the tongues 22. Then the flap 30 (see Fig. 7) is overlapped upon theflap 29, and the tongue 32 is engaged with slit 31.

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This interlocks the parts in the position indicated in Figs. 6 and 7 thecover section 17 being left either open or closed. Usually the box willbe on display with the lid or cover turned back as shown in Fig. 6, butsaid cover can be readily folded down when the goods are not to be ondisplay, such as when the store is closed.

The wide wings 26 provide extended areas for advertising and ornamentalpurposes, in addition to the cover section.

Fig. 8 illustrates a portion of a blank substantially the same as thatin Fig. 1 excepting that the slit 31 is differently located from theslit 31 in Fig. 1, and the tongue 32 isof a slightly difl'erent form ascompared with the tongue 32 in Fig. 1.

I do not limit myself to the specific relative shapes or sizes of thedifferent portions of the boxes, nor to the specific means forinterlocking the tongues or flaps which are overlapped. Nor do I limitmyself to so forming the blank and its easel-supporting wings that thesaid wings will fold close against the outer surface of the side wallsections. By a slight change in the shapes of the flaps 29, 30, they aremade to interlock while holding the wings 26 spreading or flaringdownwardly.

The boxes or blanks may be made in any size and of any proportions. Itis'to be understood that the term side and end are employed only forconvenience of description and are not to be understood as limitationsmeaning that the box is either square or elongated, or if elongatedwhich dimension is the greatest.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. A box comprising a single blank having a bottom section and fourun-cut or continuous wall sections, two of the latter having integralwings with inclined outer edges, said wings being adapted to be foldedover the top of the box or to outer upright position to support the boxin inclined position, the blanks also having interlocking membersindependent of the side Wall sections to hold the box in set upcondition.

2. A box blank comprising a sheet cut and creased to form a bottomsection, continuous un-cut wall sections, wings extending from and widerthan two of said wall sections, a cover section, and interengagingmembers adapted to hold the different sections in relative positions toform a receptacle with the wings extending below the plane of the bottomof the receptacle, the free edges of said wings being at an anglerelatively to the edges of the wall sections.

In' testimony whereof I have-aflixed my signature.

ROTHCHILD F. THORNDIKE.

